Georgia / Polk School District / Transportation Mechanic
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
5 employees hold this title in Polk School District. Median total compensation for the role is $52,965, above the department median of $49,015.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists — about 10,910 people — is $61,370. Polk School District pays a median base salary of $61,327 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 50th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Polk School District’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists — about 289,960 people — is $61,770. Polk School District’s median base salary is in line withthat national figure, about the 49th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Georgia range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 4 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Polk School District is $52,965, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Transportation Mechanic is held in 150 Georgia departments. In Polk School District, the median of $52,965 ranks #78 of 150.
Median total compensation for the Transportation Mechanic role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $58,911 ranks #2 of 2. See Transportation Mechanic across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Transportation Mechanic roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Record list
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Transportation Mechanic/Polk School District
Bryan Cole is a Transportation Mechanic at Polk School District. 2025 total compensation came to $69,746.
Transportation Mechanic/Polk School District
At Polk School District, Jerry Tracy serves as a Transportation Mechanic. Their 2025 pay totaled $69,689.
Transportation Mechanic/Polk School District
Source-specific fields
At Polk School District, Kaleb Shelton serves as a Transportation Mechanic. Their 2025 pay totaled $52,965.
Transportation Mechanic/Polk School District
Jason Stroup works as a Transportation Mechanic for Polk School District. Jason earned $30,522 in 2025.
Transportation Mechanic/Polk School District
At Polk School District, Richard Loftus serves as a Transportation Mechanic. Their 2025 pay totaled $360.